Submissions Guidelines

Submissions Guidelines

How to Submit:

Please email your submission(s) to italics.mine@purchase.edu as separate Word (.doc or .docx) attachments. Please submit links to all artwork that you’d like us to consider if the file is too large to attach to the email.

In the subject line, include your full name and genre of submission.

In the body of the email, please include a short bio of 3-5 sentences.

We accept simultaneous submissions. If you are submitting your work simultaneously, please note this in the body of your email and inform us if your piece is accepted elsewhere.

We do not publish previously published work.

For all questions, please email us at italics.mine@purchase.edu.

All Genres

12-point Times New Roman or similar font

Double spaced

1-inch margins

Numbered pages

Send as a .doc or .docx

No identifying information on the document

Genre to which you are submitting in subject line of email (submissions to multiple genres welcome)

Fiction & Non-Fiction

4,000-word limit

Short stories, excerpts from longer works, or flash fiction

Plays & Screenplays

10-page limit

Include short, one-line descriptions/bios of characters that would help the readers understand the piece (i.e., ages and/or relations to other characters)

Book Reviews

800-word limit

Poetry

Up to 5 poems (10 pages maximum)

Art

Send as a .jpg, .jpeg, .tiff or .png

Be prepared to send an uncompressed version if your work is accepted

Include title (if applicable) and medium of work in email body

If work is too large to be sent by email, please include a link where the work can be downloaded